The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-03-13
OUTDOOR SPORTS.



President Hewitt took q bold and determined |
stand at the League meeting last week In his de-
mand Tor players with which To- strengthen his |
won his fight. The strong clubs proposed 10
makes themselves stronger while they. did moth.
s S al woa G nS con, ns p nnG WOad
l cay, the League Y tho demands of tho Older
tSs wsTS assSded TO- This defamation a.
was or not, itwassucccssful and while the Wash.
ingtons did not get Denny and Glasscock, ms at
ilrsi eass men ii Whitney, Myers pcnneiiS, ' snd
o OH en-, q the knnsas City Club while Glass
p %,S weS SsDmpeSd o remain for
lust admitted. In this deal Prcsidcpt Hewitt
was ably seconded by his son Walter, who backed
These rcntlcincn were never unreasonable in
their demands, and their carly announcement
DOING a GSSy Mo oc not any fSsS s
team Is grcntly strengthened. This deal i'm highly
satisfactory to MI lovers of the game here
one exception Cponncly) are batsncn of the
inst class and excellent bnsc-runncrs. Whitney
livery, aud, il Is Thought, under tho new rules
Msm T IF tho n the M Is nn ri
benny lie viii pndonScd E' Nay sSSr'.sio S
one of tho bases, he will make n better average
than ,n list year, when as 9 sccond-bascnan 1t was
;nlo He is splendid batter also. Q'Bricn comes
IRON tue western League Ne their Leading bnts-
the Union Association and also played with them
hcldcr, having one of the best records ut third
base last year: He is no record player, but plays
s Hr S S' ali tho the timer The Ms.snsnns e Hs s
have twcnty.onc mon under contract and
TG ,iina. nd for ths sesssS; y,s shaw,
krleg catchcrs; o'Brlen and Kriee,lb.; Farrell ID;
cTro STUART Hines iR s"S s S@s a IL ths
field To show how strong the team Is the fol-
loving aySrsuSs Gi las, y9r attest batting
w; bgsIsy Api BAKE ~: esffgii als s"i Ss":
%iy saw ei!s" %pas. Sssnf ! ek% rlss
81; S'Brien oos; Baker as' Muck, .sts crapS
s ss Ms! Sr q P'asS pS elSrs Shock s a
Carroll, 49, Donnclly, .si6; whitney, res; 0'Day,
i shaw ~ -, Tn averages Of Stuart kseie
iiSss' hS S Mse s" Kcs WHITNEY, Of rsh
team Of %n IN sns S %S Sf Ss III aS wnisS
would rank with the best playing teams Of the
soon be released. Who they viii be Is u hard
question to solve. Many Of the men are very
take tic April vn,ncs to decide the nnfortunatee-
we say untortunatcs from the fact that player
here, II he hehavcs himself, has better oppoTtp.
more than likely that Crane. McGlone. Heating,
AMI stuart will he among the number, while
o'Day and Deacy are considered rs among those
to 60. II tn mon show up strong during the
| April games will puzzle Manager Gaffncy to
strength Of the club 81 making dates with the
American Association teams for opening games.
Manager Gnfrncy brings back with him Shaw's
contract Tor this season: He came to terms and
gets no more than he did last season.
Mack says shaw il in good condition. having
kept himself In trim since last season by playing
hand-hull anu running.
The New York World says: Bob Hewitt, of
Washington, offered $1,000 for Glasscock and
nearly that amount FOR Denny alone Walter
| Hewitt and his father did not get what they
asked Tor but they got more thSn they really
| expected. II was Il good day FOR Washington"
Director scanlon. of the washingtons, is much
pleased with the array of talent secured by them.
He saysn strong nine will I've made from the
| material under their control.
President Hewitt l. very. much pleased with the
| League schedule He said of course he had to
take some OF the bad with the good that he was
given the whole week of the National Drill nj
combination of circumstances that compelled
nun to DC here race week; 50; on the whole hs
consideration he asked for.
Carroll says he will sign whom the club payt
him whit he wants. He is perfectly able to get
along without playing ball. and will do so In
lit says when Carroll wants to sign he can come
aud do so. but not one penny of advance money
S ssy ct %Soa a' n s j sS't
The upshot of the whole matter is that Shock
will PIN, left.tied for the washinvtons, and
Carroll, II he doesn't look out, will have to turn
his attention to some other business.
Georgetown will be represented by strong
tenn this season Of scmi-protessionnl order
arrange games during the absence Of the w Wash
ingtons, from the city with clubs from Reading
n "Tf III n m iIhes.Sf raj Frederick
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